More than 200 demonstrations are organized this Tuesday, June 6 for the 14th day of strike against the pension reform. Will the processions bring together a lot of people in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux or Lille? All information live.
About 250 demonstrations are planned throughout France during the day of mobilizations on June 6. All procession departures and routes have been listed on a map by the CGT union.
The Parisian procession will leave Invalides (7th) at 2 p.m. for Place d’Italie (13th). According to Franceinfo, the Paris police headquarters expects a drop in mobilization, because it had identified 112,000 demonstrators on May 1, against 550,000 participants for the CGT. The timing of this day is symbolic: on June 8, the bill to repeal the text of the pension reform will be presented to the National Assembly. A press point of representatives of trade union and youth organizations will be held in front of the lower house of Parliament according to TF1.
The police are expecting moments of significant tension when the demonstrators march in front of the National Assembly, but also the restaurant La Rotonde, whose storefront was burned down last April. The procession will join the Place d’Italie by the rue Grenelle and the boulevards of Montparnasse and that of the Gobelins. Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, specified that: “11,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed on the territory, including 4,000 in Paris.”
The inter-union had concerted on May 2 to set this mobilization date. “We will not turn the page: together, united and determined to win the withdrawal of reform and for social progress, let’s build strikes and demonstrations everywhere on June 6!”, This is what the latest announces inter-union press release for this day of June 6th.
Sectors such as education and aviation will be mainly affected. Orly airport has indicated that a third of its flights are canceled. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has encouraged airlines to reduce their number of flights to limit disruption. The drop is 20% in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes.
On the side of the SNCF, rail traffic will be largely provided with “9 out of 10 trains in circulation on a national average”. Their statement emphasizes that the travelers concerned will be contacted by SMS or email, a usual device during strike days. RATP’s forecast is even more optimistic since AFP indicates that traffic will be “normal” in Île-de-France.
